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Issue: CPL Special Double Issue #9 & 10... Presents the Charlton Portfolio #9 & 10
Publication Date: January 1974
 
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Issues: #9 & 10 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCPL/GANG Publications
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: CPL/GANG Publications
On Sale Date: 07/04/1974
Volume: none
Pages: 48
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This was issues #9 and #10 combined into one publication, according to the indicia. It is published between issues #8 and #11 of Contemporary Pictorial Literature (CPL/GANG Publications, 1973 series).

This issue debuted on July 4th 1974 at the New York Comic Art Convention, as stated by Roger Stern in an interview he did in Comic Book Artist #12.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Black and White
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" (21.6 cm x 27.9 cm)
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In2
Disclose Reprinted From6
Disclose Images2
Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, superhero
Feature(s): Blue Beetle; Captain Atom; E-Man; Sarge Steel; Yang; Peter Cannon Thunderbolt; Judomaster; Baron Weirwulf; Peacemaker; Ghostly Tales
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wrap-around cover
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CPL GANG Publications

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Question
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMysterious Suspense #1 published October 1968
was Return of the Question [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits for issue plus reproduction of the cover of Mysterious Suspense #1 by Ditko
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B. B. Meets The Specter

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Action Heroes Archives #2 published July 2007
as unused Blue Beetle #6 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover for previously unpublished 6th issue of Blue Beetle (Charlton 1967 series)
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A Specter Is Haunting Hub City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Action Heroes Archives #2 published July 2007
as A Specter Is Haunting Hub City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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Tough as Steel

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sarge Steel
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSecret Agent #10 published October 1967
was The Case of the Third Hand [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a cover reproduction of Secret Agent (Charlton, 1966 series) #9 (October 1966).
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sarge Steel
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration of Sarge Steel.
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Peter Cannon... Thunderbolt

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Peter Cannon Thunderbolt
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration of Judomaster.
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From the Mystic East

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): 'Doc' Larry Brnicky
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Peter Cannon Thunderbolt; Judomaster; Yang
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThunderbolt #55 published December 1966
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagJudomaster #98 published December 1967
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagYang #1 published November 1973
was Curse of Evil [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: text article with 3 cover reprints
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Yang

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration
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Captain Atom

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration
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The Nuclear Joy Boys

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franklin W. Maynerd
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain Atom #82 published September 1966
was How Do You Catch a Ghost? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a cover repro of Captain Atom # 82.
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E-Man

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): E-Man
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration
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Nightshade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nightshade
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 8 panel battle between Nightshade and The Image; Nightshade credited as "created by David A. Kaler"
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The Charlton Mystique

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Charlton's Odds & Ends

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes the splash page from Space War (Charlton, 1978 series) #32.
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The Spookman The Shape The Tyro Team

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spookman; The Shape; The Tyro Team
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration
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Banshee/Ghost

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ghost; Banshee
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration
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The Peacemaker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Splash page from the previously unpublished Peacemaker (Charlton 1967 series) #6
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Crime

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration with hero's name spelled "?uestion"
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Checklist

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Article alternates the checklist with full page illustrations of The Sentinels and The Prankster (separate entries); last page includes an illustration of Baron Wierwulf.
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The Sentinels

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sentinels
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears after page 1 of "Checklist"
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The Prankster

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Prankster
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears after second page of "Checklist"
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The Man from Sirius 5

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration, concept credited to Denny O'Neil (as Sergius O'Shaughnessy).
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Space Cowboy

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Gorgo

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration
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The Last Word

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): E-Man
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text article with 1/4 page illustration of E-Man

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